| Born | 24 Jan, 1916 | Wilhelmshaven |
| Died | 7 Feb, 1943 | Central North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-609 | 16 Jul, 1942 | Kiel | 10 Sep, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 57 days |
| 2. | U-609 | 6 Oct, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 22 Oct, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 17 days |
| 3. | U-609 | 30 Nov, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 23 Dec, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 24 days |
| 4. | U-609 | 16 Jan, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 7 Feb, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 23 days |
| 4 patrols, 121 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Klaus Rudloff
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 31 Aug, 1942 | U-609 | Bronxville | 4.663 | | nw | SC-97 | |
| 31 Aug, 1942 | U-609 | Capira | 5.625 | | pa | SC-97 | |
| 10.288 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
